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IRAQI SHI`ITE MEN WELCOME THEIR SPIRITUAL LEADER AT BORDER WITH IRAN.
Iraqi Shi`ite men cry as they follow a car carrying their spiritual leader
Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim at the border with Iran near Basra May 10, 2003.
Tens of thousands of Iraqi Shi`ite men welcomed Hakim, leader of the
Tehran-based Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), as
he returned after more than two decades of exile in Iran. REUTERS/Damir
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